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tortoni

noun
tor·​to·​ni | \ tȯr-ˈtō-nē How to pronounce tortoni (audio) \

Definition of tortoni

: ice cream made of heavy cream often with minced almonds and chopped maraschino cherries and often flavored with rum

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 The rest are what kids in Bay Ridge and Corona used to want on their birthdays: tortoni, tartufo, spumoni. — Pete Wells, New York Times, "At Don Peppe, Expect a Lot of Everything," 20 June 2017

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First Known Use of tortoni

1911, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for tortoni

probably from Tortoni 19th century Italian restaurateur in Paris

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The first known use of tortoni was in 1911

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